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  2. Albert Whitted Airport - Wikipedia

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    Albert Whitted Airport. /  27.76500°N 82.62694°W  / 27.76500; -82.62694. Albert Whitted Airport ( IATA: SPG, ICAO: KSPG, FAA LID: SPG) is a public airport in St. Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida, United States. [1] It is on the west edge of Tampa Bay, just southeast of downtown St. Petersburg and east of the University of South ...

  3. James Whitted - Wikipedia

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    On 12 October 1928, St. Petersburg's city's airport, known until then as Cook-Springstead tracks, was renamed Albert Whitted Airport. Soon after its opening, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company chose Albert Whitted Airport as a location for one of its blimps, and the St. Petersburg City Council constructed a blimp hangar at the site at a cost of $33,062.

  4. Grand Prix of St. Petersburg - Wikipedia

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    The race is held annually in the spring, with the exception of 2020, when it was postponed until October due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The race takes place on a temporary course, utilizing downtown streets, and one runway of Albert Whitted Airport. The event dates back to 1985, with IndyCars first competing in 2003.

  5. Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater - Wikipedia

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    United States Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater (CGAS Clearwater) is the United States Coast Guard 's largest air station. [2] It is located at the St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport in Clearwater, Florida and is home to nearly 700 USCG aviation and support personnel. As of March 2021, there are ten MH-60T Jayhawk helicopters and ...

  6. Tony Jannus - Wikipedia

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    Tony Jannus. Antony Habersack Jannus, more familiarly known as Tony Jannus (July 22, 1889 – October 12, 1916), was an early American pilot whose aerial exploits were widely publicized in aviation's pre-World War I period. He flew the first airplane from which a parachute jump was made, in 1912. [1] Jannus was also the first airline pilot ...

  7. National Airlines (1934–1980) - Wikipedia

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    National Airlines was founded by George T. Baker (1899–1963) in 1934. Its headquarters were in St. Petersburg, Florida and it was based at the city's Albert Whitted Airport. [6] On October 15 of that year, revenue flights were launched, transporting passengers and mail from St. Petersburg to a few destinations within Florida using a fleet of ...

  8. USS Requin - Wikipedia

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    1 × 5-inch (127 mm) / 25 caliber deck gun [6] Bofors 40 mm and Oerlikon 20 mm cannon. USS Requin (SS/SSR/AGSS/IXSS-481) / ˈreɪkwɪn /, a Tench -class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named after the requin, French for shark. Since 1990 it has been a museum ship at the Carnegie Science Center in Pittsburgh ...

  9. Tampa Bay - Wikipedia

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    Tampa Bay. /  27.76250°N 82.54583°W  / 27.76250; -82.54583. Tampa Bay is a large natural harbor and shallow estuary connected to the Gulf of Mexico on the west-central coast of Florida, comprising Hillsborough Bay, McKay Bay, Old Tampa Bay, Middle Tampa Bay, and Lower Tampa Bay. The largest freshwater inflow into the bay is the ...